NURS20154 - The Transformative Power of Story

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with opportunities to explore the transformative and healing power of stories. You will explore the ways stories have been, or could be used to: understand lived experience; prompt therapeutic change; or convey powerful lessons about the human experience. Types of narratives explored include consumers’ stories as an embodiment of the lived experience, and stories found in film, fiction, metaphor and art. The idea that people can be assisted to re-story their lives will be examined through the use of narrative.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

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Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 20%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Team feedback
Feedback:
 Making the unit available in term 1

Recommendation:
 Team supports this action, but we need an effective internal marketing strategy so that course coordinators are aware of this unit's availability as a university elective.

Action Taken:
 It was noted that the DDLT was working out a marketing strategy. In 2023, when this AEUR was completed, it seems that this strategy was not effective for this unit as it is now in teach out mode.
Source: Committee
Feedback:
 Consult with the Course Coordinator

Recommendation:
 In 2019. this has been completed. Continue.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: In 2023, when this AEUR was completed, this Unit is in teach-out mode.
Feedback:
 In 2023, when this AEUR was completed, this Unit is in teach-out mode.

Recommendation:
 In 2023, when this AEUR was completed, this Unit is in teach-out mode.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of narrative concepts and techniques
  2. Explain how stories are used to create meaning and direction from life events
  3. Apply narrative techniques in discipline specific contexts
  4. Prepare and convey a story that reframes and resolves problematic issues
  5. Engage with another person or an issue using a critical understanding of empathy and compassion.

Not currently accredited.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Written Assessment • • • •
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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4 - Research •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • • •